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Iran could provide nuclear weapons to Hamas and Hizbullah for a nonconventional attack on Israel, according to a chilling scenario presented in a new report. "Furthermore, even a minimal nuclear capability would enable Hizbullah and Hamas to conduct ongoing low-level attacks — even severe ones — against Israel, in the confidence that Israel would be deterred from massive retaliation. This would require a declared capability, or at least a strongly suspected one." Freilich, a former member of Israel's National Security Council, said Hamas or Hizbullah could smuggle a bomb into Israel through ships, airlines or an unmanned aerial vehicle. Other...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published on TaipeiTimes http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/11/26/2003077278 Army warns of threat of `dirty bombs' NATIONAL DEFENSE: `Unrestricted warfare' as espoused by China could involve the use of nuclear or biochemical weapons in all their various forms By Brian Hsu STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, Nov 26, 2003,Page 1 Taiwan is unprepared for a non-conventional attack by China involving nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, the army said yesterday. "China has been emphasizing the importance of `unrestricted warfare' in the future battlefield," said Major General Huang Hsi (黃喜), director of the chemical department of the army general headquarters, referring to a form a warfare that seeks...

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 4 (UPI) -- Iraq threatened coalition soldiers occupying Saddam International Airport near Baghdad Friday with "non-conventional action" in the coming hours. Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said Iraqis were preparing "non-conventional action...," Friday night and Saturday morning and said "I believe it will be something very beautiful for those mercenaries." Al-Sahhaf later said he was referring to suicide-type attacks. "Most probably, none of them will emerge alive unless they surrender quickly. They are completely surrounded," he told reporters in Baghdad. When asked what he meant with "non-conventional action," he said: "We will not use non-conventional weapons but...

United States Spots Iraq Moving Missiles SouthFor the first time, Iraq has moved missiles toward the Kuwaiti border.The United States fears the missile may be armed with nonconventional warheads.United States Spy Satellites detected an undetermined number of launchers and missiles transported from positions south of Baghdad toward the area of Basra, Western Intelligence sources said.Iraqi military forces are also moving troops and equipment into Northern Iraq in anticpation of military action.Nine large rocket systems were moved from one town and concealed in a storage depot in the town of Diyala, where a dam is located, the Kurdish Newspaper 'Irbil Brayati'...